Pocketed carrier.



V. H. JENNINGS. POCKETEDARRIER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. e. 1918.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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V. H. lENNINGS.

POCKETED CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 191s.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

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V. H. IENNINGS. POCKETED CARRIER. APPLICATION mio SEPT. s. 191s.

Patented Dec. 10, 1.918.

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VICTOR H. JENNINGs, or WORCESTER, MAssACHUsETT-s, 'AssIeNoR To UNIvERsAL PATENTS COMPANY, OE woCNsoCKET, RHODE ISLAND, A CORPORATION OE RHODE ISLAND.

POCKETED CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

i 4`Patented Dec. 1o, 191s.

To all ywhom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VICTOR I-I. .IENNINGS, a citizen of the Unit-ed States, residing at IVOrcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts` have invented a. certain new and useful Improvement in Pocketed Carriers, of which the following is a specilication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invent-ion has relation to pocketed carriers on the order of those which are used for holding and carrying cartridges, packaged first-aid supplies, etc. Among the pocke-ted carriers to which. the invention is applicable are comprised cartridge-carriers, hospital corps belts, medical officers belts, and others having various special adaptations. l

More particularly, the invention relates to the covers which are provided in connection with the pockets of carriers of the said general class. It more especially has general bearing upon pocket-covers made of woven material, although some of its features are applicable in the case of covers made 'of other suitable flexible material.

The invention comprises various improvements upon hoods or hooded covers on the order of those of the U. S. Letters Patent to Frank It. Batchelder for woven carrier, No. 1,211,275n granted J an. 2, 1917. Objects of the invention are to eliminate largely operations of cutting and seaming in the manufacture of hoods Or hooded covers; to enable the latter to be made of blanks or units produced mainly by weaving operations and requiring only simple operations and a minimum of work for conversion into finished covers ready for attachment to carriers; and to improve the construction and characteristics of hoods or hooded covers in a number of particulars.

The various Jfeatures of the invention are illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in whichv i Figure 1 is a front elevation of a 'portionv of a carrier, showing a pocket having combined therewith a cover made in accordance with the invention.

' Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe said pocket and its cover, with the band-portion of the carrier in vertical cross-section alongside the pocket.

f Fig. 3 is a plan view of the parts that are shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig.et is a front elevation thereof with the cover raised and its front in cross-section in the plane of line --r of Figs. 5 and 6.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2, with the cover raised. V

Fig. 6 is an inside view of the cover, detached and upside down.

Fig. 7 is a face view of a cover-blank or unit.

or unit.

Figs. 9, 10, and 11 are views in cross-section on lines 9 9, 10-10, and 11-11, respectively` of Fig. 7.

Fig. 12 is a diagram representing theI mode of inter-weaving the warp and weft threads in the portion of said blank or unit which is represented in section in Fig. 11.

The body or band-portion o-f a belt or carrier is marked 1 in each of the different views in which it appears,`and the pouchlike body of the pocket is marked 2. Preferably, the said body or band-portion and pouch-like portion are formed of flexible woven material, and are produced integral with each other by proper procedure in weaving. Unly one pocket is shown in each I instance, and when desired a carrier may consist of o-r be provided with a single pocket, but usually in practice a Vcarrier is furnished with a plurality of pockets. The inventionis applicable in either case. In the various views showing pockets the latter are represented, .by way of illustration, as' filled and distended by packages 3, 3, such as commonly contain the supplies that are furnished to the hospital corps. The filled pockets in these instances are substantially rectangular in cross-section.

The cover is connected flexibly with the pocket by means of an integral rearward eX- tension 1 from the top of the cover. This extension .is made fast in some approved manner at the back of the pocket. Preferably the upper portion of web l, as shown in the drawings, in which slit it is secured in practice by means of stitches or other convenient fastenings. T he said housing' slit is of the character of the housing slits shown` described, and claimed in U. S. Letters Patent No. 1,189,629 granted to Frank R. Batchelder under date of May 18, 1915. Its employment is preferred, but is not indispensable. rlhe embodiment of various features of the invention that is illustrated uin Figs. l, 2, 3, etc., is characterized by having, in addition to a top 7 corresponding in area with the cross-section of the filled pocket, side-wings or skirts 6, 6, that are in one piece, z'. e. integrally continuous, with top 7 at opposite sidcs of the latter, and acover-f-ront 8 adaptd to extend down at the front of the pocket and in the form of a flattened tube (which is shown in cross-section in Fig. s), one wall or ply of which, in this instance the outer wall or ply 8a.- is in one piece or integrally continuous with said top, as shown best in Figs. l, 2, 3 and 5, and the other wall or ply thereof, in this instance the inner wall or ply Sb, is integrally continuous with said side-wings or skirts, as shown in Fig. 4. The portions of said inner wall or ply which are in continuity with the side-wings or skirts are separate or disunited from each other at and adjacent the median line of the cover-front, as will be apparent 'from Figs. l and 6, each of such portions being turned outwardly and thereby formed into an outward fold 8 Fig. el made upon a bias line Sd as indicated in F 6, the two outward folds or turned portions being fastened against the inner' face of the cover-front cross-wise of the lat.- ter. as by lines a, a, of stitches.

The side wings or skirts are given in creased thickness as far as the cover-front by means of strip-like portions 9, 9, Fig. t, which, being free-edged longitudinal continuations of the side-ings or skirts, are dou bled back upon the inner faces of the latter, with their extremities 9y 9a, inwardly turned and applied to the outwardly-folded portions at 8C, 8C, of the inner wall or ply of the cover-front. The two thicknesses of a sidewing or skirt are fastened together adjacent the vertical end-fold thereof by means of a vertical line of stitches, and are fastened together along the top and bottom of the side-wing or skirt, and at the top of the corresponding fold 8c, by means of longitudinalljrv IKtending lines c, c, of stitches. The entre Aiities of the said thickening continuations or strips are caught also by the lines a., a. of stitches which secure the folds 8C, 8C. i l* ated in the drawings, the cover ass flan riff reltangular shape in horizontal -section of the filled pocket.

i'he free end of the cover-front is finished off by reversing the terminal edges of its two walls or thicknesses, tucking them. in between the said thicknesses or walls, and securing the latter together by lines al of stitches, with said edges hidden and protected. The usual pointed form is given to the cover-front by reversing and tucking the corner-portions 8d, 8d, to the required eX- tent, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 6.

At l0, l0, are snap-fastener devices of well-known character for fastening the cover down in closed condition, comprising a stud l0 applied to the pocket-front and a socket l0n applied to the cover, these parts being adapted to coperate with each other in usual manner.

The construction which has been described secures a number of desirable features and advantages in connection with the cover in general, as well as in connection with the cover-front, including the good feature of a union of the top with the side-wings or skirts, and with the cover-front, that is smooth and also is without joints in which margins of diierent parts are placed together and united by fastenings, such as stitches. Such joints have the undesirable drawbacks that they forni grooves and shoulders affording lodgment for dust, sand, mud, water, etc., and that the stitches constituting the usual fastenings are liable to break or give way. rlhe said construction also secures advantages in connection with the process of manufacture.

The cover-unit or blank shown in Figs. 6 to ll, of which a cover such as that of Figs. l to 6 is made, comprises a length of multi ple-ply or double web, and is composed of a front-section 8X of length suitable to form ay cover-front, a top-and-wings section 7X of length corresponding with that of a top, and third section, 9X, of length suitable to provide the strips 9, 9, which serve to thicken and stiften the side-wings or skirts. Throughout the length of the front-section the two cloths or plies p, p', of the said web are connected together at their margins as indicated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, in well-known manner in the wearing so as to give such section the forni of a flattened tube. The top-and-wings section 7X also has the two cloths or plies similarly connected at their margins as indicated in Figs. 7, S, and il), thereby making the wing or skirt portions p2, p2, of the said section integral or continuous marginally with the portion p3 constituting the top in the finished cover. For the length of the third section, 9X, the web woven with divided selva ged margins as indicated in Figs. 7, 8, and ll, to provide for separation of the two cloths or plies alongsuch margins. ln addition, for a portion f the length of the frontssec-tion amil throughout the combined length of the oth r two sections 7X and 9*, one cloth or ply of the web is woven with a slit 19 located along the media-n line of the web, thereby dividing such cloth or ply at mid-width of the web to separate from each other the portions p2, p2, of which the side-wings or skirts are formed, and the lateral portions p4, p4, of which th strips 9, 9, are formed. f It will be seen that thegreater portion of the length of the front-section 8X of the said cover-unit or blank is a length of flattened tube as indicated in Fig. 9; that the remainder of such section, and the top-andwings section 7", consist of flattened tube with one wall thereof slitted lengthwise at midwidth; and that the third section, 9X, is composed of one layer that is constituted by a selvaged strip p5 of the full width of the web and a second layer that is constituted by two narrower strips p4, p, side by side and forming continuations of the portions p2, p2, of the front section and topand-wings section.

In Fig. 7 the oblique diverging dotted lines f, f, indicate the lines on which the outward miter-folds are made in the lateral portions p2, p2. The transverse dotted line f2 indicates the line on which the frontsection is bent in causing the cover-front to assume the desired position at right angles with the cover-top.

In the process of weaving it is convenient to produce the flattened tub-ular portion of the front-section 8x by causing the weft or filling to pass in one direction through a shed in the warp-threads of one cloth, as p, and then in the opposite direction through a shed in the warp-threads of the other cloth, p', then in the first direction through a second shed in the cloth first mentioned, and so on. Thereby the two cloths are united marginally by the weft passing from one cloth into the other. The two cloths are united marginally in silnilar manner in the portion of section 8x containing the median longitudinal slit 12, and in the top-andwings section 7X. The longitudinal slit 12 and selvages adjoining such slit are produced by causing the weft, in each pick from one margin toward the other of the cloth in which such slit occ-urs, to extend through a shed in one lateral half of the warp-threads of such cloth and then back again in the reverse direction through another shed in the said h'alf. In the case of section 9X, the divided selvaged margins are produced, in this instance, by effecting'the interweaving in the manner illustrated in Fig. 12, in which figure the strips p4, p4, of one cloth are represented as turned outward so as ,to lie in the same plane with the portion p5 of the other cloth. In Fig. 12, beginning at the top, the weft is shown as passing back and forth for several picks through sheds in the warp-threads of portion p5 alone; then as going from one margin of the portion p5 into one of the portions p4 and passing back and forth for several picks through sheds in the warp-threads of said portion p4, alone; then as going at one margin of such portion back into ythe portion p5 and through a shed in the latter; then as going at the opposite margin of portion p5 into the other portion p4 and passing back and forth through several sheds in the warp-threads of the latter portion p4, alone; and then repeating. This mode of` interweaving produces selvages at opposite margins of portion p5, and at opposite margins of each ofthe portions 224, p4, with the portions p4, p4, connected marginally at intervals with the ortion p5 by portions fw, w, of weft, Figs. 8, and 12, between said portions p4, p4, and the portion p5. After the weaving, the said portions w, w, of weft are cut or broken in order to separa-te the portions p, p4, marginally from the portion p5, so that they may constitute the strips 9, 9, of Fig. 4. As thus produced, the said strips 9, 9, haveV firm finished edges at top and bottom thereof. The outermost selvages '8,' s, in Fig. 12 are the selvages at the slit 12 of Figs. 7 10 and 11.

In practice, an indefinite number of coverunits or blanks will be produced by the weaving operations in a continuous series in which they will be connected together end to end. They will require simply to be cut apart, and but little willy need to be done beyond cutting or breaking the connecting portions w, fw, of weft as aforesaid and trimming off the excess length of portion p5 of section 9X to reduce it to the proper length t0 constitute the cover-attaching extension 4 of Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6, and then 'making up the cover as already explained.

The flattened tubular cover-front is of advantage, not only because the tubularcharacter thereof facilitates the finishing-off of the end of said front in. the Vmanner eX- plained, but because it has smooth rounded margins, and also because it has the desired substance and thickness without having to be folded and stitched to secure the same.A It may be further stiffened and strengthened if desired, by the insertion of a stifening between its two cloths. A like application of stilfening material may be made between lthe different thicknesses of the side-wings or skirts, if deemed advisable.

In some cases the multiple plies of the front-section may be bound together in the weaving to form solid fabric beyond the end of sli-t l2, and when the substance and still"- ness and other incidents of multiple-ply construction are not required the portion beyond said slit-end may be woven ias single-ply fabric. In such cases the terminal corners and edges will be turned and Vfastened without tucking. Some of the advantages of the tubular weave may be secured by weaving the two cloths or plies of the front-section unconnected at the 'margins' of such section.. In that case, the cloths or plies will require to be fastened together in the frontsect-ion in the process ofy converting the cover-unit or blank into a cover.

In the case of some embodiments of the various features of the invention, the longitudinal slit. 12 may be continued through the front-section, in which event the different thicknesses composing such section will be stitched or otherwise. fastened together adjacent such slit in making the cover. A cover-unit or blank substantially identical with that thus woven with a continuous slit 12 may be produced by folding over the sideportions of a flat web so that they shall meet along a median line.

These two modes of construction will enable the width of the side-wings or skirts to be varied.

If preferred for any reason, the miterfolds 8, 8C, may be located at the outer face of the cover-front instead of at the inner face as shown. In some cases the front ends of the side-wings or skirts need not be integral with the cover-front, as shown, but merely inturned and fastened crosswise to one face of the cover-front.

If desired, in weaving the section 9X its cloth or ply 725 need be woven only long enough to furnish an attaching extension 4, in which case the warp-threads of such cloth or ply mayT simply be floated for the remainder of the length of the section and be cut away subsequently. When the thickening and stiffening strips 9, 9, are not required, the section 9X need be only long enough to furnish the said attaching extension.

lVhat is claimed as the invention is l. A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, side-wings or skirts in one piece with said top, and a liattened tubular front having onefrwall thereof continuous with said top and a second wall thereof continuous with said side-wings or skirts.

A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, side-wings or skirts in one piece with said top, and a flattened tubular front having one wall thereof continuous with said top and a second wall thereof integrally continuous with said side-wings or skirts, with outward folds at the inner face of the front.

3. A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, side-wings or skirts in one piece with said top, and a front containingone thickness continuous with said top and a second thickness continuous with said side-wings or skirts, with outward folds across the inner face of the front.

4. A cover .for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, a. front, and side-wings or skirts which are continuous with one face of said front, with the connecting portions contiguous to the said face folded in outward directions and fastened against the front.

5. A carrier-pocket cover having a depending front, and also having side-wings or skirts in one piece with the cover-top that are connected separately with the front by turned portions which are secured to the front crosswise of the latter.

6. A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, a flattened tubular front, and sidewings or skirts which are continuous with one wall of the tube, with connecting portions folded outwardly iat one face of the front and fastened thereto.

7. A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, a front of double thickness, and sidewings or skirts which are continuous with one of the thicknesses, with turned portions that are fastened against the front.

8. A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a. top, a flattened tubular front having the terminal edges thereof reversed and tucked in between the two walls of the tube, and side-wings or skirts which are continuous with one wall ofthe tube, with outward folds at one face of the front which are fastened thereto.

9. A cover for carrier-pockets, comprising a top, a front of multiple thickness having the terminal edges thereof reversed and tucked in between the thicknesses, and sidewings or skirts which are continuous With one of the thicknesses, with outward folds at one face o-f the front which are fastened thereto.

10. In a carrier, the combination with a p'cket, of a cover having a front of fiattened tubular weave adapted to extend down at the face of the pocket, said front having the terminal edges thereof reversed and tucked in between the plies of which it is composed.

11. In a carrier, the combination with a pocket, of a cover having a multiple-ply front adapted to extend down at the face of the pocket, said front having the terminal edges thereof reversed and tucked in between the plies of which it is composed.

12. In a carrier, the combination with a pocket, of a cover having a front of flattened tubular weave adapted to extend down at the face of the pocket.

13. A carrier-pocket cover having sidewings or skirts in one piece with its top, said' side-wings or skirts having in one piece therewith longitudinal continuations having both edges thereof selvaged which are folded forward upon the side-wings or skirts so as to double the thickness of the latter as far as to the cover-front.

14. A cover-unit or blank comprising a multiple-ply web having a front section with its margins connected together in the weaving and a top-and-wings section having its margins similarly connected and one cloth woven with an intermediate selvaged longitudinal slit.

15. A cover-unit or blank comprising a section in flattened tubular form having one cloth thereof woven with an intermediate selvaged longitudinal slit.

17. A pocketed carrier provided with a pocket-hood of woven fabric having a top corresponding in area with the cross-section of the filled pocket, an integral rear eXtension from said top by which the hood is connected flexibly with the pocket, a downturned front extension of double cloth, one cloth thereof in direct continuation ofthe hood-top, and the other cloth thereof divided longitudinally at mid-width, with the lat` eral halves thereof turned outward in mitered folds which are fastened to the front, and bent rearward at right angles, the rearward continuations 0f said halves being lateral continuations of the top and constituting downturned skirts or wings.

18. A pocketed carrier provided with a pocket-hood of woven fabric having a top corresponding in area with the cross-section of the filled pocket, an integral rear eXtension from said top by which the hood is connected flexibly with the pocket, downturned sideskirts or wings also integral with the top, and a downturned front-extension woven as multiple cloth, one cloth thereof in continuation of the top and the other in continuation of the said side-skirts or wings.

19. The method of making a cover-blank or unit which consists in producing a web comprising a front-section, a top-and-wings section, and a third section, and in doing so weaving said top-and-wings section in flattened tubular form with one cloth divided by intermediate selvages, and weaving said third section in flattened multiple-cloth form with a continuation of said intermediate selva-ges, and in addition producing marginal selvages along such section by interweaving the weft backward and forth for a plurality ofpicks in succession in withV the warps of either cloth before every passage over into the other cloth7 and finally severing the portions of weft or filling connecting the two cloths of said third section together.

20. The method of making a cover-blank or unit which consists in producing a web comprising a front-section, a top-and-wings section, and a third section, and in doing so weaving said front-section in flattened tubular form, weaving said top-andwings section in flattened tubular form with one cloth divided by intermediate selvages, and weaving said third section in flattened multiple-cloth form with a continuation of said intermediate selvages, and in addition producing marginal selvages along such section by interweaving the weft backward and forth for a plurality of picks in succession in with the warps of either cloth before every passage over into the other cloth, and finally severing` the portions of weft or Viilling connecting the two cloths of said third section t0- gether.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR H. JENNINGS.

lVitnesses:

EMMA M. BAILEY, FLORENCE K. BERRY.

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